Art League showcases Hot July Nights

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Jul 17, 2014 at 12:01 AM

Instead of Hot August Nights, Stockton Art League introduced Hot July Nights with Don Trainor's reverse acrylic paintings on glass. Classic cars in local venues, which are being offered for sale at the gallery.

Instead of Hot August Nights, Stockton Art League introduced Hot July Nights with Don Trainor's reverse acrylic paintings on glass. Classic cars in local venues, which are being offered for sale at the gallery.

Trainor's reception took place July 12 at the league's Elsie May Goodwin Gallery on the Miracle Mile.

Trainor began painting his favorite subject, cars. Not just any cars, but those cars from his past - wood-sided station wagons carrying their cargo of surfboards to the beach, hot rods that always captured his imagination and of course, the great classis and muscle cars of the '40's, '50s, '60s and beyond.

Trainor's work is a unique presentation of an age-old art form: reverse painting on glass. Using acrylic paint on the glass reveals the true luster of automotive finishes and chrome reflections that are unattainable on canvas.

Trainor's work will be on display through July 25 at the Stockton Art League's Elsie May Goodwin Gallery, 1902 Pacific Ave., Stockton. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.